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. II 463.31. Eust. 1907.50  . Kock comments "vix credo."

There is no reason why there should not have been a form, as well as , as a locative. Brugmann accepts the form (Gr. Gram.$3$ p. 227; 4th ed., revised by Thumb, p. 267, al.). It corresponds exactly to, and Dor. , Cret. . But the absence of any other examples of it shows that it was not an Attic form. Perhaps it was used by a foreigner; or possibly the grammarian was misled by an inaccurate manuscript. Schwyzer, Neue Jahrb. 5 (1900) p. 256, regards it as derived from by dissimilation.

312 K. Plat. Phaedr. 251 D; Rep. 573 A; al. Arist. H. A. 8.19.602 a 26; 6.17.570 b 5; al. Theophr. fr. 174.5 Wimmer. Dion. H. A. R. 11.35.5. Dio Chr. Or. 7.134. Ael. N. A. 15.1; 15.9; al. The usual form is, from which the other tenses are formed; e. g. Eur. Bacch. 119.

1046 K. Phot. . Anaxandr. 34.4 K.

1047 K. Phot. . No other example of this form has been found, and scholars have sought to explain how Phot. came to make the statement. The form in is the common one, and is attested further by many verbs of like formation and kindred meaning; e. g.  and compounds,, etc. The only verb at all similar is.

Although the statement of Photius is clearly at fault, if meant as a guide to correct diction, it does not follow that he did not find the form in Menander. Its occurrence there might have been due to the fact that it was used by a foreigner. In Cretan and Elean the spelling is regular; cf. Cretan for, Elean  for. Cf. also Hesych. , and the Boeotian in Ar. Ach. 884.

462.7 K. Poll. 6.60 . Alex. 37 K.; 84.5; 273.2. Diph. 90 K.; 119. Sotad. 1.15 K. Athenion 1.28 K.